The clever librarians at Miller Library at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas have made a guide to the library disguised as a comic book, Library of the Living Dead. The library guide part is fairly straightforward, but there’s a nice action-filled story to put the information in context (sort of). My favorite part is probably when the zombies get extra excited about librarian brains. Unfortunately, the Miller Library uses the Dewey Decimal system (most academic libraries use Library of Congress). Here’s the announcement, and here’s the comic. Thanks, BoingBoing!

When NewSouthBooks had the great idea of replacing the n-word in Huckleberry Finn with “slave,” Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine though that wasn’t going far enough. They figure it would be even better to remove race altogether from the novel. So now Jim will be a robot.

One note from defensive librarian me: the video states “Librarians, like the sexy one in this picture, have been banning the book from their libraries for over a century.” To be more exact, school libraries usually have been the site of the battle against Huck Finn, and school librarians have usually argued against banning the book. But yeah … we’re sexy.

I suspect this video was filmed in a bookstore, not a library, but the endless shelves of books are true eye candy!

Thanks, David Weinstock and BoingBoing!

This seems to be legitimate even though the blog posting is from April 1. The NYPL is hosting an all night scavenger hunt on May 20, 2011 as part of its Find the Future game. (Watch the trailer!) 500 lucky guests will search for historical objects such as Charles Dickens’s letter opener (pictured), with a handle made from the paw of his pet cat Bob. Thanks, Dina Wood!

Several libraries sponsor edible book contests, usually on or around April 1. The image at left shows a Goodnight Moon Pie from the Duke University Libraries Edible Book Festival of 2010. The International Edible Book Festival folks claim that at least 23 countries have held such festivals. The Pikes Peak Library District and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs had some great entries in their 2010 festival.